FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS-BARTHELEMY DEQUEVAUVILLER 
1745 Abbeville – c.1807 Paris
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Le Contretemps [At the Wrong Moment] - 1786
 
Etching with engraving after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737-1807). Size: 37 x 27.2 cm. Lettered: ‘Peint a la Gouache par Lavreince/Le Contretemps./Gravé par Dequevauviller/Gravé d’aprés le Dessein Original de meme grandeur./A Paris chez Dequevauviller, Rue St.Hyacinthe No.11.’
 
Portalis-Beraldi, 1:3; Bocher 15 (III/VI); IFF 7:67; Lawrence & Dighton 45 (III/VI); Le Blanc 4. 
 
Very fine and fresh impression of the third state on laid watermarked paper, trimmed into platemarks. The sheet is in excellent condition. 
 
Comparative impressions: Wellcome Collection – inv.no. 15864i, National Gallery of Art – inv.no. 1942.9.2403. 
 
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